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大陆架
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大陆架 Pronunciation and Pinyin

大陆架 Usage and Examples

continental shelf

下降了的海平面使白令海底的浅大陆架露了出来。

Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea.

海底钻井平台将寻找石油的区域延伸到了海洋大陆架——大陆边缘那些平缓倾斜的海底区域。

Offshore drilling platforms extend the search for oil to the ocean's continental shelves—those gently sloping submarine regions at the edges of the continents.

The characters in 大陆架

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
大
dà3large, big, great
陆
lù7land or continent
架
jià9frame, support, set up

More words starting with 大

  • dà大yī一hào号one size larger, a size up
  • dà大yì一diǎn点Bigger, A little bigger
  • dà大zhàng丈fu夫A true man, A man of integrity
  • dà大bù不rú如qián前Not as good as before, Much worse than before
  • dà大bù不xiāng相tóng同greatly different, vastly different
  • dà大yè业Great cause, Grand undertaking
  • dà大gè个zi子Big guy, Tall person
  • dà大fēng丰shōu收Bumper harvest, Great harvest
  • dà大chéng乘Mahayana, The Great Vehicle
  • dà大shū书tè特shū书le了Wrote about extensively., Emphasized greatly.
  • dà大le了grown up, got bigger
  • dà大shì事important event, major event

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Questions about 大陆架

What does 大陆架 mean in Chinese?

大陆架 (dà lù jià) means “continental shelf”.

How do you pronounce 大陆架?

大陆架 is pronounced dà lù jià in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “continental shelf” in Chinese?

“continental shelf” is 大陆架 (dà lù jià) in Chinese.

How is 大陆架 used in a sentence?

This page has 2 example sentences using 大陆架, each with pinyin and an English translation.

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